A water soluble “bow-tie” cationic carbosilane dendrimer with curcumin in the core displays antioxidant and antitumoral activities against breast cancer cells.
Three new biocompatible porphyrin-based oxygen photosensitisers were tested in vitro on breast cancer cells via 2P-PDT: one of them, 66 times more active than H2TPP, gave quite promising results for theranostic applications.